Aftershocks threaten China quake lake

June 5, 2008 – 11:54 am

A 5.3 magnitude aftershock struck China’s quake-battered Sichuan province Thursday while authorities watched nervously as rising water behind an earthquake-created dam neared a spillway designed to relieve pressure on it.


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